The Federal Government is targeting over 160,000 poor and
vulnerable rural women, to benefit from the N20,000 cash grant, across the
country to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management
and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, made the disclosure at the
launch of the grant, on Wednesday, in Katsina, where 6,800 rural women would
benefit.
“We are targeting over 160,000 poor and vulnerable rural
women in Nigeria for the N20,000 grant, to uplift their economic status. Our
rural women with a disability will also be included.
“It is my hope that the beneficiaries will use this
opportunity to increase their income, enhance their food security and
contribute toward improving their families,” she said, adding, “The N20,000,
will go a long way in supporting any serious woman to start a business. What is
most important is how judiciously you utilise the money”.
The minister said that over N9.5 billion was received by
Katsina State, under the Conditional Cash Transfer programme, from the
inception of this administration to date.
According to her, the grants had impacted on the lives of
over 142,474 vulnerable households in the state, as 12 local governments were
currently benefitting from the programme.
The minister listed the benefitting local governments to
include, Bakori, Batagarawa, Baure, Bindawa, Dandume, Ingawa, Kaita, Kankara,
Mani, Musawa, Rimi and Danmusa.
The minister also said that the Federal Government, in
partnership with World Bank, had designed a Safety Net programme for Nigeria,
that included cash transfer, as well as a COVID-19 rapid response register.
“The President has approved 1 million beneficiaries in the
country to be given another N5,000 for the next six months to cushion the
effects of COVID-19. This time around, we are going to target the urban poor
and the artisans who lost their small businesses as a result of the pandemic,”
she said.
In his remarks, the state Deputy Governor, Mannir Yakubu,
who represented Gov. Aminu Masari, at the occasion, commended the Federal
Government for the grant.
Yakubu pointed out that the government had done so much
through its social intervention programme, to uplift the living condition of
people in the country, since its inception, and urged the beneficiaries to
ensure judicious use of the grant, to enhance their livelihoods.
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